Pack social dynamics and inbreeding avoidance in the cooperatively breeding red wolf

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1194

  Sparkman, Amanda M ^a   Adams, Jennifer R ^b   Steury, Todd D ^c   Waits, Lisette P ^b   Murray, Dennis L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis rufus; competition; lone wolves; monogamy; nonbreeding packs; pair formation

Indexed keywords

CANID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; HOME RANGE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOGAMY; OUTCROSSING; PHILOPATRY; REINTRODUCTION;

EID: 84867758308     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars099     Document Type: Article

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